• Ballistic_86@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is true. Hopefully it doesn’t negatively affect the case against this person. Specifying it as a hate crime means that will need to be proved in the court. Or maybe I’m not understanding the law as well as LegalEagle makes me think.

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      4 months ago

      Controversial opinion: attempted murder is a serious deal regardless of whether or not it’s a hate crime.

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        4 months ago

        No doubt about that, and I’m probably wrong about having to prove it was a hate crime. I just wouldn’t want that aspect to allow for this person to “get away”with it because it wasn’t “racially motivated”